Law and Guidance
This page can take you to the various legal information we provide on our web site. This page also can take you to some legal information on the web site of the U.S. Treasury Department. If you're a lawyer, an officer at a financial institution or brokerage, a government official, or someone looking for the fine print, this page should be useful to you.
Statutes, Regulations, and Federal Register Notices
- As the name implies, this page has links to all of our authorizing statutes.
- You can find links to our regulations (and circulars).
- You also can find links to all our Federal Register items dating back to July 1996.
Government Securities Market Regulation
If you're looking for even more specific information relating to marketable Treasury securities or the use of collateral for certain government purposes, our web site has that, too.
- You can find interpretative and educational information on the Government Securities Act of 1986.
- You can find interpretative and educational information on the Uniform Offering Circular that is used for sale and issuance of Treasury securities through auctions.
- Finally, you can learn more about the regulations governing the eligibility and valuation of collateral used to secure certain government deposits, investments, and services.
Removing Unnecessary Barriers to Electronic Transactions
We're interested in your views as to what we should do to remove any unnecessary barriers to electronic transactions.
Article on Recent Developments Related to Treasury's "TRADES" Regulations
As the name indicates, this article summarizes recent developments related Treasury's "TRADES" Regulations. The TRADES regulations govern holdings of marketable Treasury securities outside of TreasuryDirect. They were enacted in 1996.
If you work for or with a financial institution, find out more about a number of fraudulent schemes and phony financial instruments involving what are claimed to be U.S. Treasury securities.
Misuse of Treasury Names, Terms, Symbols, Stationary, and Other Items
Learn about the rules that govern the use of Treasury names, terms, symbols, stationery, and other items. These rules are frequently broken by businesses in an attempt to deceive recipients into thinking that their junk mail is actually important U.S. Treasury mail. If you've received such a mailing, you can read about how to help us stop this type of deception.
Series I and Series EE Savings Bond Information Statements
We've written these plain language information statement to help investors understand investment considerations related to Series I and EE bonds.
Freedom of Information Act Requests
There's a whole lot of information on our Internet site, but not everything is here. This page outlines the procedures you can use to obtain some of the information that's not on our site.
We've posted several pages dedicated to disclosing our progress on achieving century date change readiness.
These pages contain the legal warnings that you'll find on most sites, but also spell out in detail the privacy terms that we abide by whenever you visit our site. You'll find this privacy information of comfort if you're thinking about doing business online with us.
Treasury Department's Legal Division
At the site of the U.S. Treasury, you can learn more about Treasury Department's Legal Division, including the work done by the Chief Counsel's Office at the Bureau of the Public Debt. You can also read up on current job openings and other useful material about careers in Treasury's Legal Division.